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F. BECKER.

FAUGBT.

APPLIO A TION FILED JULY 22, 1913- Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. 1913.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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ATTORNEYS STATES PAT TO F Q FRANK BECKER, or MeK EslroRr, PENNSYLVANIA.v

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To all whom it may concern: 1 6

Be it known that I, FRANK BECKER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of McKeesport, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Faucet, of which thefol-' lowing is a full, clear, and-exact description.

Among theprincipal objects which the present invention has in view are:To pro vide a driving faucet having means for preventing the flow of theliquid while installing the faucet in service relation; and to simplifyand economize the faucet structure.

One embodiment ofthe present invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which 1 I Figure 1 is a perspectiveviewof aliquidcontainingkeg, a supporting buck therefor, and a faucet andcooling coil therefor, constructed and arranged in accordance with thepresent inventlon; Flg. 2 1s a slde eletudinal, vertical section of amodifiedform of the faucet; Fig. 6 is'a detail view showing in verticalsection andin partly separated relation the driving plug, drawing tube,and faucet head, the latter being shown in the position assumed whenbeing introduced through the driving plug; Fig. 7 is a vertical crosssection taken on the line 8-8 in Fig. 7; Fig. 8 is a detail view insection, showing a fragment of the inner end of the modified form shownin Fig. 5, the chamberclosing valve being shown as seated.

The faucets and cooling coils connected therewith constructed andarranged in accordance with the present invention are designedprincipally for employment as means for decanting or drawing off beerfrom the original kegs A. The kegs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, aresupported on bucks of suitable construction, having sides, back, a

bottom 15, a front edgingboard- 16, and 1a 1 of the character mentioned.The sides and '5 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 15, 14,Application filed July-22, 1913.. Serial No. 780,430.. l

15 and edging board 16, forma chamber 18,

wherein ice, in cakes, pieces or chips,lmay I be packed 'to rest uponacoilmat 19.

ba ck of said buck,together with the bottom structed froina continuoustube", the termi-, I

nals whereof are both connected toafaucet constructed as hereinafterdescribed, where through disconnected sections thereof.

The chamber 18 is provided with an, overflow tube 20, the intake end-2'1whereofis I disposed slightly above the upper surface of the mat 19 andbelow the upper edge of the board '16. The delivery end 22 of said tubeis connected with the waste-pipe, or other depository, as desired- Itwill be noted that when the chamber 18 is packed or supplied-with ice,the beer or w liquid contained in the keg A is cooled thereby. It willalso be noted that the liquid'drawn from the keg will be subject to theinfluence of the cooling medium forthe relatively short period necessaryfor the passage of the beer or liquid-through said mat; In:this manner,the beverage is sufficiently cooled while being 'drawn, and is savedfrom the deleterious effectof being iced, or held for'too long aperiodat a low temperature. 1 r i The preferred form of faucet used in conjunction with'the presentinvention is that a continuous passagewayhaving two sec- The portlon tions of different diameters. having thesmallest diameter is contained in the tapered plug section 24. Theportion having the larger diameteris wholly contained within thebody'portion, and within the driving head section 25.

. lVithin thebody portion 23are disposed valve rings 26 and 27. Thevalve rings 26 I and 27 are separated, when installed in the boreprovided for them, by a packing ring 28 (see Fig. 30f the drawings). Therings 26 and 27 are each pierced to form an oriice to'register withbores 29 and 30 formed inthebodyportion 23. The bores 29 and t 30 areparalleland disposed substantially perpendicular to the main bore ofthebody portion 23. r Where the boresopen from-the body portion 23, saidbody portion is fiattened to form a seat for a packing pad or disk 31.The disk 31 is normally seated in a cupped recess formed in one side ofa cap 32. The cap 32 is preferably cylindrical," and is provided with anannular flange 33, 'which forms the pocket for the packing pad 31,-above mentioned.

The body portion '23 is suitably con structed to form a rabbet seat forthe flange 33. When thus constructed, the packing pad-3l-is heldfirmlybetween the cap 32 'and'said body portion 23. v i

. To force. e p, 3 'fi yin s rv ce p s tion, a screw 34 is provided, thethreads whereof engage a suitably tapped hole in the bodyportion 23 (seeFigs. 3 and 5 of the drawings). The cap 32 is provided with-side openingbores 35 and 36, eachof which has a perpendicular section for regis-Iter with the bores 29 and 30 formedin the body portion 23. In thisposition, the cap 32 isv connected with the terminal ends 37 and-38, ofthe coil 19, the end37 being con-; nected' with the bore 35, and theend38 con-11 11ected with the bore 36. The bores 29 and 3O "registerwiththe openings in the rings 26 and 27. In service, the openings, in the Irings 26 and .27 register with the inner ends rounded end 43.

of tubular channels 39 and 40, formed in the inner and v outer halfsections ofthe spigot. Inthis position, said rings are re tained by afeather 51 (seeFig. -8 of the drawings). The spigot referred to em'-bodies an elongated tube 41, having at the inner end, perforations 42surrounding a manently secured-to, the faucet head 44 in any suitablemanner. The head 44 has a curved channel formed therein, in which ismounted a valve cylinder 45, which has a handle-.46 connected therewith,by iwhich said valve cylinder is rocked on its seat.

To hold the -head44 in fixed position, the section 25-is provided with asocket, into which thereduced end 47 of a bracket 48 extends when thevarious elements of the faucet are tightened, andwhere it is held by aset screw. 49.

Having a faucet and coil constructed and arranged as above described,and as shown in the drawings, the operation isas follows :'The bodyportion 23 is separated from the tube 41 and head 44. Acork or plug 52is placed in the inner end of the bore'of the plug section 24. The plugsection 24 is placed in position upon the sealing plug. ofthe keg,and-when'driven'by means" of a mallet, theblow being delivered on thehead section 25, said sealing cork is driven into the interior of thekeg, the plug section- 24 taking its place and closing the opening.

in said keg. The body portion or'plug section being fixed firmly inpos1t1on,the tube 41 of the faucet is passed through an opens Thetube.41 may be per.-v

in anut 50 and through the opening in the rings 26 and 27 until the end43 rests against said'cork or plug. Before driving I the tube41 in todislodge the cork previ fously placed in the bore of the plug section24, the saidtubeis upturned to close the inwhich now enters the channel39 by Way "of the perforations 42, is heldftherein, having no avenue ofescape. It will-now be seen that when the faucet handle 46 is disposednerends' of'the' channels 39 and 40. In this pos1t1on, the tube-41 isdriven home, dislodglng the cork into thekeg A. I The liquid to open thechannel 40, the pressure'in the I keg'A forces the liquid containedtherein through the perforations 42, channel '39,

bore 35, coil mat: 19, bore 36, boreSO, and channel 40, for; delivery.It will alsobe seen that the flow-of liquid-from the kegA is controlledby the handle 46,'andthat the liquid, when delivered to the receptaclefor,

purveying the same, is cooled only when passing through the mat 19 andpreliminary to being consumed. Further, it will i be noted that theliquid within the keg not being subjected constantly to the refrigeration of the. ice or refrigerant held in the chamber 18, .the'deleteriousresults above referred to are avoided.

' In Fig. 5 is shown a modified-form of the invention, the modificationconsisting )in provid ng a valve 53 anda screw plug 54, 111 theendwhereof a seat is formed for the the cork or plug with which the borein the plug section 24 is closedwhensaid plug valve-53, and the openingwhereof registers with the openings of the rings 26 and 27; Thevalve53is provided as a substitute'for;

section 24* is driven into the keg.- :In the modified form shown in Fig.5, the tube4l is shortened, the rounded end 43' thereof eX-..

tending, in, this "form, to slightly beyond thescrew plug 54, tointroducethe perforatlons 42 within a chamber 55 which has directcommunication with the interior of the keg through openings 56 formedinan-eX-;

tension 57 of the: faucet. Thevalve 53 is normally seated by operationof a spiral spring '58. To anchor said spring, a spider 59 is mounted inthe chamber 55, saidspider havinga central pass'age'to guide the stemofthe valve 53, and lateral openings to permlt the flow of liquidthrough the chamber 55. The form of faucet shown inFig. 5 is onehaving-a'connecting neck 60 for insertion through an anchor pl'ate,ftoengage of suitable form and construction' WVhen. I employing this, formof faucet, the single I difference. in operationthereof as distin-;

guished from that above described consists in that the rounded end 43 ofthe tube 41 impinges upon the valve 53 to remove the same from the seatprovided therefor on the screw plug 54, thus liberatingthe liquid whichenters the chamber 55, said'valve 53 having slots 63 peripherally formedtherein. When, for any reason, the tubetl is withdrawn from the bodyportion 23, the spring 58 operates to seat the valve 53 tostop the flowof liquid from the chamber 55. Itwill be noted that'the slots 63 are notas wide as a,

the seat formed for the valve 53. They are thepefore closed by the metalforming said sea Claims: 1. A faucet, comprising a driving plug having-alongitudinal bore and spaced trans verse bores connecting therewith andadapted to receive the terminals of a pipe coil;

- and a delivery'tube fitting said longitudinal bore and rotatabletherein, saidtube having separated channels providing openings adaptedto register with said transverse bores.

2. A faucet, comprising a driving plug having a longitudinal bore andspaced transverse bores connecting therewith and adapted to receive theterminals of a pipe coil; a delivery tube fitting said longitudinal boreand rotatable therein, said tube having separated channels, providingopeningsadapted to register with said transverse bores; and means forlocking said tube in service position.

3. A faucet, comprising a driving plug having a longitudinal bore andspaced transverse bores connecting therewith and adapted to receive theterminals of a pipe coil; a delivery tube fitting said longitudinal boreand rotatabletherein, said tube having separated channels, providingopenings adapted to register with said transverse bores; a faucet headfixedly mounted on said tube; and means registering on said headcorresponding with the driving plug.

4. In a liquid-dispensing faucet; a driving plug, comprising alongitudinal bore having sections of different diameters; a plurality ofpacking rings mounted in the larger of saidsections, said rings beingeach provided with openings to register with channels opening from saidbore; a delivery tube'having separated delivery channel sections theadjacent ends whereof register with the openings in said rings; meansproviding a sliding engagement between said driving plug and said ringsto hold the same in service relation; and means for looking saidtubeinservice relation, embodying a bracket on said tube, a socket in saidplug,

and a set screw operatively mounted in said a plug.

V In testimonywhereof I have signedmy name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

v FRANK BECKER.

Witnesses: Y

THOS. F. WILEY, C. S. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for in cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0."

